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Robust Full‐Surface Bonding of Substrate and Electrode for Ultra‐Flexible Sensor Integration (Adv. Mater. 49/2025) Open

Masahito Takakuwa, Daishi Inoue, Lulu Sun, Michitaka Yamamoto, Shinjiro Umezu , et al. · 2025

Conforming strategies for bioelectronics on arbitrary surfaces Open

Xiaoping Liang, Buyun Yu, Tomoyuki Yokota, Takao Someya · 2025

Sub-400 nanometer-thick skin and environment adaptable organohydrogel nanofilm epidermal electrode Open

Yuli Wang, Jiawei Yang, Pengcheng Zhou, Wenqing Yan, Shihong Lin , et al. · 2025

OriStitch: A Machine Embroidery Workflow to Turn Existing Fabrics into Self-Folding 3D Textiles Open

Zekun Chang, Yuta Noma, Shuo Feng, Koji Yatani, Tomoyuki Yokota , et al. · 2025

Guidelines for accurate evaluation of photodetectors based on emerging semiconductor technologies Open

Vincenzo Pecunia, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Ardalan Armin, Benjamin Bouthinon, Mario Caironi , et al. · 2025

A body-scale textile-based electromyogram monitoring system with coaxially shielded conductive yarns Open

Sunghoon Lee, Kanta Takano, Wakako Yukita, Yusaku Tagawa, Lulu Sun , et al. · 2025

A crucial aim of wearable electronics is to acquire biological signals from the body with high precision. However, obtaining high-accuracy electromyogram (EMG) signals from a large area surrounded by noise sources remains challenging. In t…

Full-body WPT: wireless powering with meandered e-textiles Open

Ryo Takahashi, Takashi Sato, Wakako Yukita, Takao Someya, Yoshihiro Kawahara , et al. · 2025

We present Full-body WPT, wireless power networking around the human body using a meandered textile coil. Unlike traditional inductive systems that emit strong fields into the deep tissue inside the body, the meander coil enables localized…

Device Integration Technology for Practical Flexible Electronics Systems Open

Masahito Takakuwa, Kento Yamagishi, Sunghoon Lee, Yusaku Tagawa, Takao Someya , et al. · 2025

Flexible electronics are poised to serve as critical components in next‐generation wearable devices for telemedicine systems and metaverse applications, leveraging their unique ability to conform to dynamic body movements and irregular ski…

A 2.7-μm-thick robust, permeable, and antifreezing hydrogel electrode for long-term ambulatory health monitoring Open

Yuli Wang, Zonglei Wang, Yujie Zhang, Jiawei Yang, Zongman Zhang , et al. · 2025

Adaptable hydrogel bioelectronics that sustain long-term, uninterrupted operation are critical for early disease diagnosis and personalized health care. However, conventional hydrogel electrodes suffer from mechanical fragility, rapid dehy…

Halide Perovskite Radiation Detectors: Conventional Imaging Applications and New Opportunities Open

Dou Zhao, Yeon‐Woo Choi, Tomoyuki Yokota, Takao Someya, Nam‐Gyu Park · 2025

Organic–inorganic hybrid halide perovskites (OIHPs) semiconductors with outstanding optoelectronic properties have attracted significant attention as next‐generation integrated radiation detectors for medical radiodiagnosis and healthcare …

Machine-knittable meandered electronic textiles forbody-scale and motion-robust near-field sensor networks Open

Ryo Takahashi, Changyo Han, Wakako Yukita, Takuya Sasatani, John S. Ho , et al. · 2025

Wireless body networks comprising battery-free on-body sensors and textile-based wireless readers can enable daily health monitoring and activity tracking by continuously monitoring physiological signals across the body.However, previous t…

Mechanically flexible mid-wave infrared imagers using black phosphorus ink films Open

Theodorus Jonathan Wijaya, Naoki Higashitarumizu, Shifan Wang, Shogo Tajima, Hyong Min Kim , et al. · 2025

The mid-wave infrared (MWIR) spectral range ( λ = 3–8 μm) enables important sensing and imaging applications, including non-invasive bioimaging, night vision, and autonomous navigation. Commercial MWIR photodetectors are limited to rigid i…

Development of Wearable Sensors and Their Application to Rehabilitation Medicine Open

Tomoyuki Yokota · 2025

A Highly Stable Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Electron Transport Layer for Ultraflexible Organic Photodiodes Open

Theodorus Jonathan Wijaya, Sixing Xiong, Kosei Sasaki, Yutaro Kato, Kazuma Mori , et al. · 2025

Flexible organic photodiodes (OPDs) are used to detect light in system‐scale demonstrations of skin‐conformable devices. However, the detectivity of OPDs deteriorates under various environmental conditions, such as light irradiation, air e…

Locomotion control of Cyborg insects by using ultra-thin, self-adhesive electrode film on abdominal surface Open

Shumpei Katayama, Kyohei ANDO, Sunghoon Lee, Zhi Jiang, Xiaodong Chen , et al. · 2025

Cyborg insects are living organisms combined with artificial systems, allowing flexible behavioral control while preserving biological functions. Conventional control methods often electrically stimulate sensory organs like antennae and ce…

Robust Full‐Surface Bonding of Substrate and Electrode for Ultra‐Flexible Sensor Integration Open

Masahito Takakuwa, Daishi Inoue, Lulu Sun, Michitaka Yamamoto, Shinjiro Umezu , et al. · 2025

The integration of multiple flexible electronics is crucial for the development of ultra‐flexible wearable and implantable devices. To fabricate an integrated system, robust and flexible bonding throughout the connection area, irrespective…

Demonstration of picoRing mouse: an ultra-low-powered wireless mouse ring with ring-to-wristband coil-based sensitive impedance sensing Open

Yifan Li, Masaaki Fukumoto, Muhammed A. Kari, Tomoyuki Yokota, Takao Someya , et al. · 2025

Wireless mouse rings offer subtle, reliable pointing interactions for wearable computing platforms, but the small battery below 27 mAh in the miniature rings restricts the ring's continuous lifespan to just 1-2 hours due to the power consu…

Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma with Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastasis Treated with Chemoimmunotherapy and Conversion Surgery: A Case Report Open

Yumiko Yasui, Kôichi Kimura, Norifumi Iseda, Yoshinari Nobuto, H Yano , et al. · 2025

Chemoimmunotherapy with durvalumab as a first-line treatment for unresectable CC has shown promising results. Immunotherapy with durvalumab, followed by conversion surgery, may improve the prognosis of patients with unresectable CC.

A novel thickness-gradient electrospun nanomesh for interface-free e-skin applications Open

Dorina T. Papanastasiou, Suksmandhira Harimurti, Chika Okuda, Maho Mimuro, Wakako Yukita , et al. · 2025

A seamless thickness-gradient nanomesh eliminates abrupt interfaces between soft e-skin and rigid interconnectors. This continuous concept enhances mechanical and electrical durability, and integration with textiles for next-generation wea…

Plug-n-play e-knit: prototyping large-area e-textiles using machine-knitted magnetically-repositionable sensor networks Open

Li Xiao, Ryo Takahashi, Wakako Yukita, K. Matsutani, Cedric Caremel , et al. · 2024

Prototyping electronic textile (e-textile) involves embedding electronic components into fabrics to develop smart clothing with specific functionalities. However, this process is still challenging since the complicated wiring setup is requ…

Friction jointing of distributed rigid capacitors to stretchable liquid metal coil for full-body wireless charging clothing Open

Takashi Sato, Sumio Watanabe, Ryo Takahashi, Wakako Yukita, Tomoyuki Yokota , et al. · 2024

For full-body wireless power transfer (WPT), a liquid metal (LM)-based meandered textile coil has been proposed. Multiple rigid capacitors must be inserted in a long coil for efficiency; however, the conventional adhesive jointing suffers …

A Case of Combined Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma with Postoperative Recurrence of Peritoneal Dissemination, Diagnosed after Tumor Rupture Open

Toyoki Shimamoto, Hironori Ochi, Cao Fang, Michiko Amano, Takaaki Tanaka , et al. · 2024

Miniaturized, portable gustation interfaces for VR/AR/MR Open

Yiming Liu, Woo‐Young Park, Chun Ki Yiu, Xingcan Huang, Shengxin Jia , et al. · 2024

Gustation is one of the five innate sensations for humans, distinguishing from vision, auditory, tactile, and olfaction, as which is a close and chemically induced sense. Despite the fact that a handful of gustation display technologies ha…

Joint-repositionable Inner-wireless Planar Snake Robot Open

Ayato Kanada, Ryo Takahashi, K. Hayashi, Ryosuke Hosaka, Wakako Yukita , et al. · 2024

Bio-inspired multi-joint snake robots offer the advantages of terrain adaptability due to their limbless structure and high flexibility. However, a series of dozens of motor units in typical multiple-joint snake robots results in a heavy b…

Self-healable and stretchable perovskite-elastomer gas-solid triboelectric nanogenerator for gesture recognition and gripper sensing Open

Feng Jiang, Gurunathan Thangavel, Jin Pyo Lee, A. Gupta, Yufei Zhang , et al. · 2024

Gas-solid triboelectric nanogenerators (GS-TENGs) based on porous elastomers provide a promising avenue for the design of self-powered sensors. However, the intrinsic limitation of low electric output in GS-TENGs could affect the accuracy …

GLUT-1-negative Choroidal Malignant Melanoma with Liver Metastasis Recurrence 12 Years after Surgery without FDG Accumulation in a Recurrent Lesion on FDG-PET/CT Open

Toyoki Shimamoto, Hironori Ochi, Cao Fang, Michiko Amano, Takaaki Tanaka , et al. · 2024

Choroidal malignant melanoma is a rare malignant tumor that develops in adult eyeballs. It causes early lymph node and distant metastasis. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) is widely used for sc…

A water-resistant, ultrathin, conformable organic photodetector for vital sign monitoring Open

Baocai Du, Sixing Xiong, Lulu Sun, Yusaku Tagawa, Daishi Inoue , et al. · 2024

Ultrathin flexible photodetectors can be conformably integrated with the human body, offering promising advancements for emerging skin-interfaced sensors. However, the susceptibility to degradation in ambient and particularly in aqueous en…

Intrinsically stretchable organic photovoltaics by redistributing strain to PEDOT:PSS with enhanced stretchability and interfacial adhesion Open

Jiachen Wang, Yuto Ochiai, Niannian Wu, Kiyohiro Adachi, Daishi Inoue , et al. · 2024

Intelligent wearable olfactory interface for latency-free mixed reality and fast olfactory enhancement Open

Yiming Liu, Shengxin Jia, Chun Ki Yiu, Woo‐Young Park, Zhenlin Chen , et al. · 2024

All-solution-processed ultraflexible wearable sensor enabled with universal trilayer structure for organic optoelectronic devices Open

Lulu Sun, Jiachen Wang, Hiroyuki Matsui, Shinyoung Lee, Wenqing Wang , et al. · 2024

All-solution-processed organic optoelectronic devices can enable the large-scale manufacture of ultrathin wearable electronics with integrated diverse functions. However, the complex multilayer-stacking device structure of organic optoelec…

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